Seattle firefighter arrested with meth and cocaine in car

A Seattle firefighter is under investigation after he was arrested at the University of Washington campus with suspected methampetamine and cocaine in his car, authorities say.

He was arrested Aug. 5 after police caught him having sex with a woman in a wooded area near the Drumheller Fountain. It was 7:30 a.m. and police were called by someone who thought it was a sexual assault, UW police Cmdr. Steve Rittereiser said.

“As it turned out, the two people wanted to be there with each other, but it turned into this drug situation,” Rittereiser said.

Police found meth in the car and cocaine in the firefighter’s shirt pocket. The shirt had been left in the car, which was parked in a nearby lot, he said. The 33-year-old was booked into the King County Jail on suspicion of drug possession and released. No charges have yet been filed.